Early play suits Tiger to a tee

It is an early start for many corporate golf types in Melbourne for the Australian Masters pro-am today, particularly given the tournament’s gala ball was held last night at Crown casino.
Tiger Woods
is teeing off at 7.15am alongside RHG chairman
John Kinghorn, JBWere boss
Brad Gale
– who plays off an impressive handicap of two – and Lowy family money man
Stephen Aboud. Kinghorn is a golf enthusiast who quietly backs ventures that fund junior golf talent through his Kinghorn foundation.

Sydney investor
Robert Whyte of Audant Investments (who played alongside Woods this time last year) is playing with
Mark Nelson
of Caledonia Investments and professional
Robert Allenby. Also teeing off are Coopers Brewery boss
Tim Cooper and his brother and chairman
Glenn Cooper.
Rod Eddington’s wife,
Young Sook
Eddington
, partners Fairfax Media director
Greg Hywood, while Melbourne businessman
Andrew Kroger
, hedge fund manager
Justin Webb
and Kagara chairman
Kim Robinson
will also play.